Hi Im looking to buy a 6.5 Grendel AR no longer than 16 inch barrel. I been back and forth with the endless 6.5 vs 6.8 discussion and I think Im going the 6.5 route. I know the best answer is get both and maybe I will. I been looking at the Alexander arms site. Nice stuff but any of you guys or gals own anything or recommend else so I have a few quality choices. Thanks

I have a Grendel that I built from a mega billet set using an AA barrel and comp. there are s lot of good maufacteres that have Grendel rifles, upper, or barrels. Are you building or buying? Do you reload or plan to use factory ammo?

 

It's a fun cartridge with a good number of bullet choices and good range. Very popular hunting round in states that allow rifle hunting.

 

Check out 65grendel.com for a lot of detailed information.

Thanks for the info. To be honest I never built an AR by myself before and have never reloaded. I usually always was the guy who helped, but now the person I used to help/watch is gone So im kind of on my own on this one.

It's really not difficult to do so with minimal tool investment. There are many YouTube videos and how to threads here and ar15.com.

 

This is a great one. http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_4/226782_Assemble_your_own_LOWER__UPPER__FREE_FLOAT__TRIGGER__GAS_BLOCK___Step_by_step_instructions_.html

 

The Grendel round is more available than in the past and cheaper but it's still has a significantly larger cost then 5.56. Do some research in ammo prices to make sure you're ok with the expected cost to shoot. Why invest if you don't want to pay the ammo price?

 

Ask away with questions plenty of folks here can help.